So maybe that's it: both my father and I lack strength of character.

No, Edgar isn't protesting that his father never sees him or lacks the ability to commit.

At least, Murdo thought bitterly, my father will not lack for companions.

She showered Noel lots of love, something which his father lacked.

Coward's father lacked ambition and industry, and family finances were often poor.

His father has always been lacking in ambition and too sure of his own defeat.

If his father lacked the "vision thing," he would preside over a more ideologically driven administration.

Many young fathers who are willing to accept responsibility for their children lack money and direction.

She had the spark his father sometimes lacked.

There was an ease and patience in his face that his father lacked.